How do you watch the draft?

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I guess this could be a poll, but there could be quite a few options. For me, I'll probably watch the first round until the Bears pick and then rounds 2-3 same thing. The rest of it I'll just check later to see what they do in later rounds. When it used to be on Saturday / Sunday I would normally have a party, cook, drink beer, etc and watch the whole first day.

What about you? The whole thing? None of it? Somewhere in between?
 

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I'll admit it, its a ceremony in my house. Big meals on draft night and I pretty much watch every pick. Maybe until the 6th round or something when I have no idea about the players left on the board, but I usually watch the whole thing.

One thing I hate is I wish they would show more tape on the players. They always seem to babble on and get behind on the picks. All of the networks do it. Just show the damn tape on the players. I kind of hate how they cover the actual draft because they could show you alot more about the picks then they actually do.
 

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I get a little aggrevated with all the dog and pony show, so I have in the past only paid attention when the Bears or Ravens have picks, but I almost missed the trade up for Trubisky (wish I would have), I completely missed when the Ravens picked Flacco and nearly missed the selection of Lamar Jackson.......

So I am going to have to suffer through the whole 1st round to see if either of my favorite teams are going to make a move up or down..

Additionally I have some friends that support the Eagles, so I like to keep in touch with them.....

I'm making chili now, and have few beers lined up for rent....

Day 2, I will watch also, but likely only in the background or just watch results
 
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Consider myself a big NFL fan and I love the history so I'm glued to the first round with abundant finger foods. After that, feels like I'm paying for shitty porn.
 

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I'll never forget being in a Sports Bar in the Crystal Palace Casino in Nassau when Cade McNown was drafted....at the table next to me was an older guy talking to me and my clients, trying to pick one of them up. Turns out it was Maurice Gibb. Lol
 

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I watch the first round, the last time the Bears had a first round pick I was pretty satisfied with Roquan so I watched the rest of day 1. I almost threw up the year before, with Mitch pick. Hope it's the former and I'll keep watching.

In either case I usually follow the rest on social media, I waste enough time on this shitty franchise as it is.
 

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I’ve let everyone around me know that I will not be listening to them or hearing anything they say. My hearing aids are Bluetooth to my phone and I’ll be streaming the Score until the draft is over Saturday.
 

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I tape all three days and start watching well after the starting time each day. A lot of fast forwarding through what usually is a lot of crap - show mom and family while you get the call, or if you're in person, put on a ball cap, stroll to the stage, listen to Deion Sanders give some dumb welcome to the NFL.

Usually drink a few beers, have a few snacks, but tonight (and the rest of the weekend) might be a bourbon, or tequila night depending on who gets added to the QB room.
 

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For like the last 12 years or so, I've gone someplace to watch. Draft party with a group of friends when it was Saturday/Sunday. Since the current format, have gone to a friend's house every year (except once when I had surgery) usually for the 2nd and 3rd days....that is until Covid. Last year, stayed home. This year, staying home. Sucky part is my friend lives in Cleveland (moved there like 7 years ago) so we originally had plans to go to the actual draft this year, but he's very high risk (MS) and I'm still not too keen on the thought of big crowds just yet.
 

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Draft start time seems to be 8pm ET - do any of you know if that means that the clock starts at 8pm or is this the start of a show that has a bunch of filler that takes an hour until anything actually happens.

Asking simply because 8pm ET is 1.00am in the UK, so just trying to gauge whether it's worth staying up and watching an hour or so to see how it unfolds or to just wait until Friday morning and watch it on the NFL Network (or just dive in here for the angst and dick ripping as Pace trades up to the four spot and then picks Davis Mills).

Would like to watch live, but I'm not sure I'm committed enough for a 2am start
 

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